Asia leads investment banking fee growth over decade

In the past decade, banks in Asia have seen the most aggressive growth in investment banking fees, followed by those in the US. Meanwhile, Europe lags behind, as Kat Van Hoof reports.

Africa's capital markets get fit for the modern age

Africa has the world's richest concentration of commodities and natural resources, yet remains its poorest continent. Can it make good on the potential for capital markets to bloom? 

Wave of African bank consolidation reduces systemic risk

Bank consolidation in sub-Saharan Africa is in full swing. Large and stable banks are growing steadily as a result, while many small and inefficient banks are disappearing. 

Top 1000 World Banks - Profits divided

In a year of haves and have-nots, Asian banks took the biggest beating, fronted by an overall pre-tax profit decline in both China and Japan.

Top 1000 World Banks - The evolution of Chinese banks' assets and profits

Assets at Chinese institutions may have grown enormously, but the US crushes China when it comes to pre-tax profit growth.

Top 1000 World Banks 2019

While the global banking system is safer a decade on from the height of the financial crisis, an uncertain economic environment points towards a slowdown as the figures from The Banker's Top 1000 World Banks ranking for 2019 show.

Top 1000 World Banks - China overtakes western Europe in soundness stakes

As western Europe drops from first place in the light of a lower capital adequacy ratio, China improved its soundness by the largest margin. 

Top 1000 World Banks - United National maintains stellar ROA performance

United National Corporation of the US tops the return on assets ranking. Regionally, Africa performs well, but Japan and China are stagnant.

Top 1000 World Banks - Russia's Otkritie highest mover after big turnaround

Russian bank Otkritie leads the highest movers table, a year after topping the biggest losses table. 

Solar energy investments heating up for European banks

Banks in Europe have been going big on green investments over the past two years, as a report by Moody's shows.

GCC Islamic banks growth poised for revival

Asset growth is likely to accelerate in 2019-20 for GCC Islamic banks after a difficult 2018.

Deals of the Year 2019 - Americas

The Banker reviews the Americas region's best deals of the past year.

European GSIB solvency ratios declined in 2018

For the first time since 2013, when AFME started tracking capital ratios at systemically important banks in the EU, the average end-point CET1 ratio had declined slightly year-on-year by the end of 2018. 

Deals of the Year 2019 - Africa

A look at the year's most noteworthy deals in Africa.